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I floated the D on Saturday with one of my dogs. I put in at a secluded location where 12 or so canoe's hit the water at the same time I did. They moved on pretty quick so no big deal. I started fishing a riffle with a dry and hooked into many fish. Every time I got the fish near the boat, they'd fall off. After the 4th or 5th one, I figured it was time to check my fly. Turns out the bend of my hook wasn't quit bent. It looked like a 1/4 moon. I changed the fly and caught a bunch of nice 12" browns and a few bows the same size. After a a few hours I figured it was time to move on.
2:30 or so rolls around and I anchor down and start watching the water. Fish were everywhere. Sitting down, I cast my fly over some working fish and hook into a nice bow. This 19" fish jumped out of the water 4-5 times before coming to my net. Then another and another then it started to rain and pour:
Then it stopped and I caught more fish, then it rained even harder. That was on and off for a good hour but the fish never stopped working the top.
So here's where the fishing got interesting. An older guy (probably 75/80yrs old) walks up the bank and gets in the water 20 yards from me. I had no problem, there were plenty of fish. Then a boat anchors upstream from me, a good 50 - 60 yards away. Plenty of room. Then another boat comes down stream with two people in it and appears to pull up next to the boat but I pay little attention and continue fishing. Then I see the guy point to fish toward the bank and he says something like, "I'm going to fish for heads over there". I thought he was friends with the people on the boat that he was parked next to. I continue to cast, both boats were far enough away from me that neither was intruding. A minute later the guy pulls his anchor up and floats right through the pool I was fishing. He was probably 50 feet from me. So I look at the guy and said, "First time rowing a boat huh". The guy says, "no". So I ask him, "well who taught you how to row?" and he says, "I did". I said, "That explains everything, ever hear of common river courtesy, How about a little etiquette. Now the guy is clearly getting pissed. So now, slightly down stream the guy starts rowing backwards. I say, "I've never seen anything like this, are you seriously going to fish right in front of me?" At this point the guy is now on the right side of my boat mumbling something. I couldn't figure out what he was doing but All I can think was that he was going to row behind me and fish upstream and behind me. Then I turned around and the old guy is still standing there. Then the guy drops his anchor 10 feet from me and says, "Do you have a gun, because that's the only way I'm not boarding your boat". At this point I'm puzzled beyond belief. See... this guy actually used his energy to pull up along side of me to threaten me! Then get this... He says, "Nobody disrespects me". I'm looking at this asshole with a look of complete disbelief. Then he says, "I'm boarding your boat so you better apologize for disrespecting me." Then he says, "I said I was sorry twice". I didn't hear him say sorry at all. Now as he's talking, I'm looking at him and he pulls the "don't be eyeballing me, you better stop looking at me." As I'm looking at him I said, "you're looking at me, I'm looking at you, so what.". A few seconds later the guy pulls his anchor up 1/2 way and says, "We're going to run into each other again, watch out". I never heard the guy say he was sorry but I would have gracefully accepted the apology had I heard him and enjoyed the rest of my day. I get it... shit happens and some of these guys with boats don't know what the fuck they're doing.
Now the guy is downstream a ways and the guys in the boat above me shouts over and says, "That guy was unbelievable, he crashed into us and says he's going to fish while he's attached to us".
The boat didn't have numbers and he wasn't a guide. It didn't matter... how do you crash into someone then run right through a pool someone else is clearly fishing and while doing so, threaten to kick someones ass for disrespecting you for calling you an asshole. Incredible! The old guy behind me never said a word. Good thing, I'm sure the asshole would have beat him down too.
After all of this, I floated downstream and continued to catch more fish. It was a helluva day!
Watch for douche bags on the river. I don't care how big and tough you look... If you're an asshole, I'm going to have to tell you one way or another that you're an asshole.
Now I gotta carry a gun in my boat just in case someone asks. I can take it out and say, "Yeah, get any closer and I'm going to have to put a cap in your grill".
The guys friend never said a word. I don't know if he was shocked or embarrassed or both or just figures he'd mind his own business.
2:30 or so rolls around and I anchor down and start watching the water. Fish were everywhere. Sitting down, I cast my fly over some working fish and hook into a nice bow. This 19" fish jumped out of the water 4-5 times before coming to my net. Then another and another then it started to rain and pour:
Then it stopped and I caught more fish, then it rained even harder. That was on and off for a good hour but the fish never stopped working the top.
So here's where the fishing got interesting. An older guy (probably 75/80yrs old) walks up the bank and gets in the water 20 yards from me. I had no problem, there were plenty of fish. Then a boat anchors upstream from me, a good 50 - 60 yards away. Plenty of room. Then another boat comes down stream with two people in it and appears to pull up next to the boat but I pay little attention and continue fishing. Then I see the guy point to fish toward the bank and he says something like, "I'm going to fish for heads over there". I thought he was friends with the people on the boat that he was parked next to. I continue to cast, both boats were far enough away from me that neither was intruding. A minute later the guy pulls his anchor up and floats right through the pool I was fishing. He was probably 50 feet from me. So I look at the guy and said, "First time rowing a boat huh". The guy says, "no". So I ask him, "well who taught you how to row?" and he says, "I did". I said, "That explains everything, ever hear of common river courtesy, How about a little etiquette. Now the guy is clearly getting pissed. So now, slightly down stream the guy starts rowing backwards. I say, "I've never seen anything like this, are you seriously going to fish right in front of me?" At this point the guy is now on the right side of my boat mumbling something. I couldn't figure out what he was doing but All I can think was that he was going to row behind me and fish upstream and behind me. Then I turned around and the old guy is still standing there. Then the guy drops his anchor 10 feet from me and says, "Do you have a gun, because that's the only way I'm not boarding your boat". At this point I'm puzzled beyond belief. See... this guy actually used his energy to pull up along side of me to threaten me! Then get this... He says, "Nobody disrespects me". I'm looking at this asshole with a look of complete disbelief. Then he says, "I'm boarding your boat so you better apologize for disrespecting me." Then he says, "I said I was sorry twice". I didn't hear him say sorry at all. Now as he's talking, I'm looking at him and he pulls the "don't be eyeballing me, you better stop looking at me." As I'm looking at him I said, "you're looking at me, I'm looking at you, so what.". A few seconds later the guy pulls his anchor up 1/2 way and says, "We're going to run into each other again, watch out". I never heard the guy say he was sorry but I would have gracefully accepted the apology had I heard him and enjoyed the rest of my day. I get it... shit happens and some of these guys with boats don't know what the fuck they're doing.
Now the guy is downstream a ways and the guys in the boat above me shouts over and says, "That guy was unbelievable, he crashed into us and says he's going to fish while he's attached to us".
The boat didn't have numbers and he wasn't a guide. It didn't matter... how do you crash into someone then run right through a pool someone else is clearly fishing and while doing so, threaten to kick someones ass for disrespecting you for calling you an asshole. Incredible! The old guy behind me never said a word. Good thing, I'm sure the asshole would have beat him down too.
After all of this, I floated downstream and continued to catch more fish. It was a helluva day!
Watch for douche bags on the river. I don't care how big and tough you look... If you're an asshole, I'm going to have to tell you one way or another that you're an asshole.
Now I gotta carry a gun in my boat just in case someone asks. I can take it out and say, "Yeah, get any closer and I'm going to have to put a cap in your grill".
The guys friend never said a word. I don't know if he was shocked or embarrassed or both or just figures he'd mind his own business.
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